14.28¢
per kWh, 2025
[ Okefenoke Rural El Member / GA ]
Okefenoke Rural El Member electricity rates in Georgia
CO-OP BOARD SETS RATES · DATA 2025
change in average rate, 2024→2025
+0.3%
vs 2024
28,463
residential customers
+13.7%
since 2020
What your bill becomes
Bill today
No change on file
Difference / month · / year
Estimated at Okefenoke Rural El Member's average effective residential rate (14.28¢/kWh, EIA, all charges included). Your tariff, fees and taxes differ.
Rate history 2015–2025
| Year | ¢/kWh | Change | Customers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11.79¢ | — | 23,087 |
| 2016 | 11.73¢ | −0.5% | 23,495 |
| 2017 | 12.69¢ | +8.2% | 24,001 |
| 2018 | 12.35¢ | −2.7% | 24,284 |
| 2019 | 12.64¢ | +2.4% | 24,662 |
| 2020 | 12.56¢ | −0.6% | 25,048 |
| 2021 | 12.60¢ | +0.3% | 25,676 |
| 2022 | 13.65¢ | +8.3% | 26,394 |
| 2023 | 14.36¢ | +5.2% | 27,102 |
| 2024 | 14.24¢ | −0.8% | 27,736 |
| 2025 | 14.28¢ | +0.3% | 28,463 |
How this compares
14.74¢
Georgia average, 2025
−3.1%
Okefenoke Rural El Member vs GA 2025 average
−17.1%
vs US 2025 average
#26
priciest in GA
Serves 6 counties in Georgia: Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Glynn, Ware, Wayne. 24 ZIP codes.
What the numbers show
Since 2015, Okefenoke Rural El Member's average residential rate has gone from 11.79¢ to 14.28¢ per kWh: +21.1% over 10 years, or about +1.9% a year. It rose in 6 of the 10 years we can compare, and the biggest one-year increase was +8.3% in 2022. The largest drop was −2.7% in 2018.
For a home using 1,077 kWh a month, the Georgia average, Okefenoke Rural El Member's 2025 rate works out to about $1,846 a year, $59 less than at Georgia's average rate of 14.74¢. Of the 58 Georgia utilities in our data with a 2025 price, it is the 26th most expensive.
Okefenoke Rural El Member served 23,087 homes in 2015 and 28,463 in 2025 (+23.3%), under 1% of Georgia's residential electricity customers.
Who sets Okefenoke Rural El Member's rates
Okefenoke Rural El Member is a member-owned electric cooperative. A board elected by its members sets its rates. In some states the Georgia Public Service Commission also reviews co-op rates, but most co-op rate changes do not go through a commission rate case, so watch the co-op's own member notices and board meetings.
Commission contact: Georgia Public Service Commission. How we calculate every figure on this page: methodology.
Questions
Is Okefenoke Rural El Member raising rates in 2026?
Okefenoke Rural El Member's rates are set by its member-elected board, not through a rate case at the Georgia Public Service Commission, so check its own notices for a change this year. Its average residential rate moved +0.3% from 2024 to 2025.
What does Okefenoke Rural El Member charge per kWh?
Okefenoke Rural El Member's average effective residential rate was 14.28¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA-861, revenue divided by sales, all charges included). Georgia's 2025 average was 14.74¢.
How much have Okefenoke Rural El Member rates gone up in five years?
+13.7% between 2020 and 2025, against +20.8% for Georgia as a whole over the latest five-year window.
How many customers does Okefenoke Rural El Member have in Georgia?
28,463 residential customers in 2025, across 6 counties including Brantley, Camden, Charlton, according to the EIA-861 survey.
Where do these numbers come from?
Rates and customer counts are from the US Energy Information Administration's annual EIA-861 survey, which every US utility files. Nothing here is a utility bill; use it to understand the direction and size of changes.
Sources
- EIA-861 Sales to Ultimate Customers, 2015–2025 (released 2026-10-07)
- EIA-861M monthly state averages through Jul 2026
- NREL utility-by-ZIP lookup (2024)